Shield for box-office windows



Sept. 21 1926.

. D. A. BODIKER ET AL SHIELD FORBOX OFFICE wmnows Filed Nov. 25, 1921 8 man ate a5 6 DALLAS A. BOD/KER & BERT F/ALA.

Patented Sept. 23,

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Application filed-November 25, 1921. Serial No. 517,707.'

This invention relatestoaxshieldfor, oiiice windows and the like.

Ticket selling oflices,- booths, and'the' like are usually, provided with a front Wallof box 6 glass and have inthat walla relativelyisinall opening through which the tickets and money may bBfi-PELSSQCI, or other business transacted. It IS desirable that nieans be provided for normally closingthis opening, first, because in cold Weather it is very, difit cult to 'p'roperl-yheatthe booth, or oflice; if the openingis not: closed, and, second-, 'beicause when thejopeningris-not closed. it is possible for a personwon the I outside of the oflice to'reach through the, same andv secure money or other articles of value resting; upon thec'ounter, or shelf-, inside the opening. The object ofthe. present invention is to provide a'shield for closing: the opening in a WiIlClOW" of this kind which wvillhave means for retaining the closurenormally in a closed position and for automatically openingthe-ssime when'releasedz A further objfeet ofrtherinvention- IS 'tO vpendent of the construction; of'the Wall, or booth to which it -is-applied; and" 11121., therefore, be. aflixed: te -the window as an attachment.

A' further object .of the; invention: is; to provide such a'device which will'be-siniple in its construction and operation and which will be'produced at a relatively low cost;

Other objects of the invention will ja ppear as the device is described in detail;

In the accompanying dr wings Fig." 1 is a front elevation of the. win'dowof a ticket booth showing ourinvention applied there to; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation'of the shield; Fig. 3-is a plan View of the, shield Fig;- l is a sectiontaken on the line l l ofFig l, showingthe latchf; Fig. 5; is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is an edgeuview. of the shieldshowingthereleesing-lever; I p i 1 In these drawings we have illustrated one embodiment of our; invention and have; shown the: same as applied to the window of a ticket sellersbooth,such as is. commonly employed in -rnotiompicture theaters.- and the like, butit willbe; understood that not only. inay the' invention be used with offices orbooths of various kinds butthat-the shield; itself may take various forms and may be controlled 1 in 1 various ways Without depart: ingfrom thespirit of the invention;

In 1 of the drawings we have shown the booth as i having (the usual front-wall of glass, 1, w:hi ch' extends, upwardly froi'nswa counter or. shelf andwhich isi provided? in its; lower portion with an opening 2: through which tickets may beipa'ssed, or other business; transacted and which is preferably formed n the: lower edge ofi the glass wall directly; above. the counter; These openings meet-various sizes and; maybe of any suitable shape, but are usually semiecircular shape.- fllhez shieldis; constructed? independently of the booth end'is adapted fto '1 be ap r plied thereto with its closur. n line'with the opening 2. To this endtheZshielchpref erably comprises a;su 'opo-rtingv frame ad'zipted. I tooe" secur d; to thehooth or. oflice struc; ture Wlthxll-fhQfI'Olll; wall: 1' and-close to; or 111 engagement-with; that Wall. The frame is provided wi'th"an opening in line with I the opening-f2. The? openings? in; "the frairrie and 'invthe frontwvall 'inay be of the. sanie size andshape, but this'isr not necessa-ryias where? a ihoo'th is providedi-withl an:v opening larger than necessary/the: frame. may have a small opening a'ndrna'y be off suchplwidth I that; it will overlap the edges ofilthe" opening in' the? frontall. of i the booth, thus: redu-c ingathe size ofthe opening :in'the front wall. Movahly rnoiuntedu'pfon'the frainer'is a'r-clos ure of a size and shapezto close the opening in the: frame, and this closure is :held 5 nore mally in :its closedlpositionfbut is preferably provided with} means for autoinati'callly nio'ving it into its; openg-position whenit is released: As; has. been stateth the vframe; and closure maybe? of, various shapes and in :the present "construction we, have shown- (the shieldgasconipris'ngr a. semi cirfcular frame 2330f such awidththatt when the ends there-1 of restupon the shelfi'or counter, atthe bot tom of the 'windowl, the fraineiwill overlap; the edge o f'thejwall' about the opening" The frame; may be i secured in', position' in any suitablenianner, hut, as; here shown; it

is provided each end'iwithanapertu red base plate, l and 5, throughwhich-screws may be" inserted to i'secure it to the shelf," or counter, thHSQGlIELblIHg-c the frame to be close to, or incontactwith, thegglass wallwof' the.

booth and secured in that: position; The;

closure is,in the present instan'ce also sub which the end of the closure 6 extends, as shown in Fig. 5, and between which it is mounted on a pivot pin 8, mounted in a boss,

or bearing, 9 formed integral with one of the lugs 7. The closure is preferably acted upon by a spring which will move it into its open position'when it is unrestrained and in the present instance we have rigidly secured the closure to the pivot pin 8, and journaled the pivot pin in the bearing 9 and have coiled a spring 10 about the pivot pin V bearing and securing it in its adjusted posi- *tionsby means of a set screw 12, the tensionon the spring may be regulated. A

7' I stop 13 arranged between the upper por- I tions of the lugs 7 limits the movement of beveled so that the nose of the latch may be,

the closure by the spring.

The means for retaining the closurein its closed position is preferably located at'that end thereof opposite the pivot 8 and, as here shown, this means comprises a latch 14 pivotally mounted between lugs 15 at that end of the frame 3 opposite the lugs 7.

These lugs are spaced apart to permit the end of the closure to enter the space between them and the closure is provided with a stop, such asa shoulder 16, to be engaged by the latch 14. The latch is acted upon by a spring; 17 which holds it yieldably in a position to engage-the shoulder16 on the closure, and thus normally lock the latter in its closed position. It will be noted that the shoulder 16 and the nos'e'of the latch are moved downwardly out of engagement with the shoulder to release the closure; The direction of movement of the shoulder when the closure is moved toward its open posi- 7 tion, is such that the spring 10 cannot force the shoulder out of engagement with the a latch. Rigidly secured to the latch is a finger 18 by means of which the latch may be actuated to move it into an inoperative position with relation to the closure, this being preferably accomplished by means of atripping lever 19 pivotally mounted on the base plate 4 and engaging the finger 18. It will be apparent, therefore, that by merely depressing the lever 19 the closure may be released and automatically opened, the tripvping finger beingarranged adjacent to the counter in a position in which it may quickly and easily engaged by the finger of the oper- .ator. The closure 6 is preferably provided on its inner side with a finger piece, such as a knob 20, by means of which it may be restored to its closed position by'means of this construction of the window closure the latter by Letters Patent, is;

may be installed without mutilating the counter and may be operated without 1n any the cold air and wind but to prevent any 'access being had to the interior of the booth through the opening. iVVhen a customer approaches the booth it is only necessary for the ticket seller to depress the trip lever 19 and the closure 6 will be automatically moved outof line. with the opening, thus permitting the tickets to be sold or other business to be transacted. This releasing operation is very easily performedand will not in any way interfere with the other duties of the ticket seller. After the trans-- action has been completed the closure is restored to its normal position in which latch 14. 7

While we have shown and described one embodiment of our invention we wish it to be understood that we do notdesire to be posit-ion .it'is automatically locked by the limited to the details thereof as various L modifications may occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having now fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure 1. The combination with a counter, a wall extending upwardlytherefrom and having an opening adjacent to said counter, of a frame having an opening therein, adapted to be mounted on said counter'onone side of said wall with said opening in line with the opening in said wall and with the edge of said frame overlapping the edge of said wall about the opening therein, a closure mounted on said frame for movement in a plane substantially parallel with said frame, and means for securing said closure normally in its closed position.

2. The combination witha counter, a wall extending upwardly therefrom and having an opening adjacent to said counter, ofa frame having an opening therein, adapt-ed to be mounted on said counter on one side of said wall with said opening in line with the opening in said wall, and with the edge of said frame overlapping theedge of said wall about the opening therein, a closure mounted on said frame for movement in a plane sub stantially parallel with said frame, means for securing said closure normally in its closed position, and means for automatically moving said closure to its open position when released from said securing-means.

. 3. The combination with a counter, a wall extending upwardly therefrom and having an opening adjacent to said counter, a frame closureto move it toward its open position,

and a latch to retain said closure in its closed position.

4. The combination with a counter, a wall extending upwardly therefrom and having an opening adjacent to said counter, a frame having an opening therein and mounted on said counter on one side of said wall with said opening in line with the opening in said wall, a closure pivotally mounted on said frame on an axis extending transversely thereto at one side of said opening and movable into and out of line with said opening, a latch arranged at the otherside of said opening toengage said closure and retain the same in its closed position, and a spring acting on said closure to move the same into its open position when released from said latch.

5. A self-contained shield of the character describedcomprising a frame having means for securing the same in a fixed position adjacent to and substantially parallel with a wall having an opening therein, said frame ha in}; an opening to register with the opening in said wall, a closure mounted on said frame for movement into and out of line with the opening therein, a spring carried by said frame and acting on said closure to move the same to its open position, and a latch mounted on said frame and arranged to, automatically engage sair closure when the latter is moved to its closed pos1t1on and to retain said closure in its closed position.

6. A self-contained shield of the character described comprising'a frame having means for securing the same in a fixed position ad'- jacent to and substantially parallel with a wall having an opening therein, said frame having an opening to register with the opening in said wall, a closure pivotally mounted on said frame at one side of said opening for movement in a plane substantially paral lel with said frame, a spring carried by said frame and acting on said closure to move the same to its open position, and a latch mounted on said frame at the other side of said opening and arranged to automaticall engage said closure when the latter is moved to its closed position and retain said closure in its closed position. i

a 7. A self-contained shield of the character described comprising a frame having means for securing the same in a fixed position adjacent to and substantially parallel with a wall having an opening therein, said frame having an opening to register with theopeni ing in said wall, a closure. pivotally mounted on said frame at one side of sai'd'opening for movement in a plane substantially parallel with saidiframe, a spring carried by said frame and. acting on said closure to move the same-to its open position, a latch mounted on saidframe at the otherside of said opening and arranged to automatically engage said closure when the latter is moved to its closed position and retain said closure in its closed position, and a device carried by said frame and acting on said latch to move the same into an inoperative position and thereby release said closure for movement by said spring. s a

8. A device of the character described, comprising a frame having an opening therein and having at each side of said" opening a pair of spaced lugs, a closure havingone end arranged between the lugs of one pair, a pivot pin mounted in one of said lugs and supporting saidclosure, a spring acting on said pivot pin to move said closure into its open position, a latch mounted benveen the lugs of the other pair and arranged to engage said closure when it is, moved to its closed position, and means for controlling the movement of said latch. 9. A device of the character describe-d,

comprising a frame having an opening therein and having at each side of said opening a pair of spaced lugs, a closure having one end arranged between the lugs of one pair, a pivot pin mounted in one of said lugs and supporting said closure, a spring coiled about said pivot pin and acting thereon to move said closure into its open position, means for regulating the. tension of said spring, a latch arranged between the lugs of the other pair and adapted toengage said closure when 1t .is moved into its closed position, and means for controlling the movement of said latch.

10. In a device of the character described,

a substantially semicircular frame having at each end thereof. means for securing it a to a supporting structure, a closure pivotally mounted at one end of said frame and movable into a position in line therewith, a spring carried by said frame and acting on said closure to move the same into an elevated position, a latch pivotally mounted at the opposite end of said frame and arranged to engage said closure when it is i' moved into line with said frame and retain the same in that position, a spring acting said I a wall extending upwardly therefrom and I having an opening there-through adjacent to said counter, of a closure pivotally mounted for movement in a plane substantially par- 7 closed position, and means for automatically moving said closure to its open position when released froinsaid securing means.

12. The'combination Witha counter and ja wall extending upwardly therefrom and =l12LVlI1g' an opening therethrough ad acent to said counter, of a closure pivota-lly mount- VI'VO ed for movement in a plane substantially parallel With and adjacent to said Wal1, a spring acting on said closure to move it to its open position, a latch arranged to auto matically engage said closure and maintain the same in its closed position, and means to actuate said latch to release said closure.

In testimony whereof, We afiix our signas 

